Not Falling Short
Injury Epidemiology of Falls in Iowa
2025-09-26
Objectives
Today we will look at…
- injury data where injuries occurred in Iowa
- overall statistics on falls
- the distribution of falls across:
- geographic areas
- demographic groups
- survival among patients who fell
About the data
Source: Iowa Trauma Registry from 2020-2024.
- Check out Trauma Data Registry for inclusion criteria.
- The trauma registry…
- …houses data on the most severe injuries.
- …does not register all injuries in Iowa.
- Iowa Hospital Association’s Inpatient Outpatient dataset = comprehensive
Falls at a glance
Year over year, since 2020, falls make up > 55% of all injury events in Iowa. Same-level falls grow rapidly.
![A statistical table showing counts of fall events in Iowa 2020-2024.]()
At what rate do we fall?
![A statistical table showing counts of total injury and fall events with corresponding rates in Iowa 2020-2024.]()
Who falls the most?
![A statistical table of the count of falls by 10-year age groups from 0-9 to 100+ along with sparklines showing trends by age group from 2020-2024.]()
